Computer Vision News Computer Vision News 28 degree, and in some minor way, maybe I contribute to saving lives. Perhaps I foresaw a few things, but I don’t think it was anything I could have guessed, like ending up in the US or pursuing an academic path before I joined industry. None of my parents have a higher education. I didn’t even know what a PhD was when I started uni, so it was a very random position to end up in for me. How near are you to your ideal definition of what a scientist should care about? Oh, that’s a good question! I’m maybe 80% there because I do work with methods and ideas and people that I care about, and I feel like I work towards a purpose. I think most scientists are driven by two different things: curiosity for their topic and the desire to have an impact. Being able to work towards both those things is super rewarding for me. That puts me at 80%. The remaining 20% would come from if I could feel like I had an even faster impact on things. Working in a really big company, everything takes a bit of time, and I’m young and eager and in a rushed mode sometimes. Perhaps in a few years, I’ll give you 95% because then I’ve acclimatized to the slower pace of things, but I’m very happy with what I’m doing now. You talked about curiosity, you talked about impact, but you forgot the third dimension, which is probably the most important one. Okay… and this is? Integrity. That’s true, yes. [laughs] That’s a very good point. That’s actually something that I’m quite surprised about, given my position. I chose to work for not an academic lab but in industry, so I thought I’d have no say in what I did or what sort of projects I pursued, but I was super surprised. Coming from Sweden, I heard so many bad things about US corporate institutions. Like you’ll just have to do what your manager says. But I’m actually able to define my own type of projects and also say no when I don’t think something’s worthwhile to pursue. Of course, I have to provide good evidence and good arguments. I have quite a lot of integrity in terms of what I work on and what I can pursue in terms of my interests. I think that axis checks a pretty high box as well. I am happy that we agree about the three-dimensionality of science. Women in Science
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